10/5/20

1. Noticing that I was the facilitator for planning meeting today ahead of time for once.
2. Making coconut dal with rice in the instant pot for lunch.
3. Realizing I could "save" a few of my recent toy purchases as officially Mattie's birthday gifts.
4. Good discussion at book club but not lingering too late.
5. Opening up the LeLe reading pen set finally.
6. Seeing a post to snag a Grapat wizards set, with free shipping after adding some reasonably-priced art supplies.

A year ago today.

10/4/20

1. Supplementing my breakfast with tomato toasts from remaining frozen country loaf slices.
2. Taking an afternoon nap to make up for not being able to go back to sleep in the early morning.
3. Getting the kitchen cleaned up while making the egg noodles for dinner.
4. Making dumplings for my dinner.
5. Finishing book club reading without rushing.
6. Finishing watching Molly's Game with Dan after book club was rescheduled.

A year ago today.

10/3/20

1. Happy Lark agreeing to retroactively apply a coupon, and to both of my orders! 
2. My mom coming by to take Nico for the day after all.
3. Getting the baking supplies cabinet organized.
4. Doing a full robovac of Nico's room.
5. Getting $10 off from Facebook marketplace on a Grimm's large orange convertible.
6. Possibly the best haircut yet for Nico.

A year ago today.

10/2/20

1. Snagging back-in-stock alerts for more Grimm's block sets!
2. New shelf from Target arriving, several days earlier than expected.
3. Didn't take too long to finish up finances review for the month.
4. Pasta fagioli not turning out too salty.
5. Getting all the grains moved over and organized.
6. Getting the dining room shelves organized as well.

A year ago today.

10/1/20

1. Thinking of a way to make more a little more room to be able to fit the wide shelves that match, for dining room storage.
2. Noticing the notification on the Large Stepped Pyramid just after it came in and snagging it with free shipping!
3. Ikea order confirming successfully after a little bit.
4. Team VTO going well.
5. Getting invited to a Zoom call with founders of a new Chinese reading pen I recently learned about.
6. Getting cooking prep done while participating in the call.

A year ago today.

9/30/20

1. Getting guitar boxes out onto the curb for pickup.
2. Still plenty of tomatoes to harvest despite not getting to it before yesterday's rain.
3. Picking up bread from Wood Stack for tomato sandwiches.
4. Picking up my shawl project again and getting it to an easier point in the pattern.
5. Having a bunch of supportive 1:1s.
6. Getting help on how to update Monarch App notifications.

A year ago today.

9/13/20

1. Getting a batch of beans into the slow cooker.
2. Reading Tooth and Claw.
3. Having some corn when I was in the mood for a lighter lunch.
4. Having one more onion left for Dan's new chicken recipe.
5. My mom bringing luro over and getting to see Nico on his balance bike.
6. Finding out that everyone else was behind on book club reading as well, so we rescheduled for next week.

A year ago today.

9/12/20

1. Rewatching accent coach videos.
2. Getting Brussels sprouts roasted before needing to start ribs.
3. Book club book becoming available from the library.
4. Crisp fall weather outside.
5. Nico's rendition of nightly prayers.
6. Getting a MommaStrong workout in still.

A year ago today.

9/11/20

1. Making some progress on my test setup for testing the cookie.
2. Not too big a deal to start dropping the mid-afternoon feed.
3. Mattie enjoying cherry tomatoes as an afternoon snack.
4. Hanging out with Mattie by the red circle.
5. Getting additional noodles made before Nico got back from my parents'.
6. Watching Knives Out with Dan and quite enjoying it.

A year ago today.

9/10/20

1. Mattie getting back to a later middle-of-the-night wakeup.
2. JY having pulled together all the SQL queries already for review.
3. Successfully recording podcast episode after some initial technical difficulties.
4. Doing a UX research call with Monarch beta.
5. Nico helping with putting away laundry.
6. Still doing MommaStrong video after cooking.

A year ago today.

9/9/20

1. Dan coming back up for diaper changes.
2. Getting breakfast in for myself at the kitchen counter while giving both kids small bites.
3. Nice morning over at the red circle.
4. Surprisingly peaceful lunch for the kiddos.
5. Dan taking Mattie for a bit so I could have lunch and still have quiet time/nap time overlap period later.
6. Going to bed earlier than usual!

A year ago today.

9/8/20

1. Feeling well-rested enough to get up in the morning despite going back to an overnight wakeup.
2. Nico asking for reading Chinese books in the morning.
3. Working steadily to figure out which uploads failed.
4. Handing off the remaining task to JY.
5. Getting a more accurate measurement before buying a MommaStrong band.
6. Making dumplings for dinner because I felt like it.

A year ago today.

9/7/20

1. Mattie sleeping through the night!!!
2. Getting 6 hours of sleep in a row myself!
3. Getting around to ironing a few things with Mattie still taking a long morning nap.
4. Tidying up my garden and planting some rabe seeds.
5. Finishing watching The Dragon Prince.
6. Doing the next MommaStrong video still.

A year ago today.

9/6/20

1. Getting bulk of cooking prep done thanks to getting up earlier than usual.
2. Figuring out a way to get the mosquito traps set up with screws when I couldn't get the stapler to punch through.
3. Nico being quite cooperative for getting his hair cut.
4. Broccoli nuggets round two turning out more solid.
5. Neither kid waking up when the smoke detector went off.
6. Doing the first MommaStrong workout.

A year ago today.

9/5/20

1. Timing it well to get breakfast and a shower with washing my hair in before Mattie was up from her first nap.
2. Using my new Block Shop Textiles bandanna to tie back my hair while it dried.
3. Watching Mattie climb up the kitchen helper entirely by herself
4. Successfully getting the mattress cover back on by myself.
5. Really comfortable weather out, feels like fall
6. My biggest Sugar Baby watermelon being perfectly ripe

A year ago today.

9/4/20

1. Noticing just in time that Mattie was lying on the blankets I was trying to straighten on the bed (so I didn't accidentally roll her off).
2. Successfully renaming the previous downloads.
3. Only about a third of downloads having been duplicates when I realized the error.
4. Getting a recommendation for an exercise program subscription that seems like a great fit.
5. Spending the hour between work and dinner outside with everyone.
6. Heating up meatballs for dinner.

A year ago today.

9/3/20

1. Waking up feeling more refreshed than usual.
2. Setting up a system to manageably catch up on Instagram.
3. Nico handling waiting to get his favorite truck back like a champ.
4. Confirming an accurate picture of work request.
5. Nico helping me with cooking pork slices and with putting dishes into dishwasher.
6. Treadmilling while watching The Dragon Prince.

A year ago today.

9/2/20

1. Simpler than I thought to get a script together.
2. My mom coming over for dinner.
3. Sharing a baobing dessert with my mom.
4. Dan getting all the accumulated compost out.
5. No evening cooking to be done.
6. Quicker than I expected to fix the tax filing for the backdoor Roth conversion.

A year ago today.

9/1/20

1. Getting offcall!
2. Black lentils being done in tone to supplement my late dinner.

A year ago today.

3/17/20

1. Making chana dal in the morning.
2. Washing my hair.
3. Having a little bit of quiet time leftover still even with cooking up the fish my mom brought over.
4. Rain stopping and getting out to the front at least in the afternoon
5. Nico doing a good job not going too far from me.
6. Holding out long enough to still make a 3 nap day.

A year ago today.